Senior Design Systems Manager, Portugal

CI&T; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid health & dental benefits starting day one

Paid parental leave

Dedicated career advisor

Job summary

A tech transformation specialist based in Lisbon is looking for an individual to take ownership of the design system. The role involves building and documenting UI components, maintaining Figma libraries, and ensuring scalability and accessibility. Additionally, the company values diversity and encourages applicants from various backgrounds. Benefits include 100% paid health and dental, parental leave, and a dedicated career advisor, promoting an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in building and documenting design systems.
• Strong knowledge of UI component design and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with AI tools for design.

Responsibilities

• Build and document design system components.
• Maintain Figma libraries and the coded component library.
• Support product teams in transitioning to design system adoption.
• Review component contributions from teams.
• Ensure parity between Figma and Storybook.
• Maintain the coded component library (React, ChakraUI).
• Establish contribution rules, governance, and release cadence.
• Launch and animate the Design System Community
• Create training, show-and-tells, and onboarding materials.
• Support product teams in transitioning to DS adoption.
• Use AI tools to accelerate component generation, documentation, and pattern suggestions.
• Pilot smart linting and AI-based QA for design system usage.
• Work with B2C, B2B, B2O designers to understand needs and roadmap.
• Partner with DesignOps to define governance.

Skills

Design system ownership

UI components

Accessibility

React

Storybook

Figma

AI-assisted design

Tools

ChakraUI

Figma

Storybook

AI tooling

Job description

We are tech transformation specialists, uniting human expertise with AI to create scalable tech solutions.

With over 8,000 CI&Ters around the world, we’ve built partnerships with more than 1,000 clients during our 30 years of history. Artificial Intelligence is our reality.

Responsibilities

• Design System Ownership — Build and document components, tokens, states, behaviors.
• Maintain the Figma libraries;
• Design and deliver scalable UI components and patterns.
• Define accessibility, responsiveness, and motion principles.
• Review component contributions from teams.
• Ensure parity between Figma and Storybook.
• Maintain the coded component library (React, ChakraUI).
• Establish contribution rules, governance, and release cadence.
• Launch and animate the Design System Community
• Create training, show-and-tells, and onboarding materials.
• Support product teams in transitioning to DS adoption.
• Use AI tools to accelerate component generation, documentation, and pattern suggestions.
• Pilot smart linting and AI-based QA for design system usage.
• Work with B2C, B2B, B2O designers to understand needs and roadmap.
• Partner with DesignOps to define governance.

Benefits

• 100% paid health & dental benefits starting day one
• Paid parental leave
• Dedicated career advisor
• And so much more…

Collaboration is our superpower, diversity unites us, and excellence is our standard.

We value diverse identities and life experiences, fostering a diverse, inclusive, and safe work environment. We encourage applications from diverse and underrepresented groups to our job positions.